CO129-535-1 University of Hong Kong- vacancy for Reader in History 12-5-1931 - 22-3-1932 — Page 24

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In accordance with the wish of Appointments

Department, I had a talk on 15.10 with Mr.Wood, Board

of Education, regarding the status and reputation of

the Universities Bureau in recruitment for oversea

universities.

This Bureau was established as the result

of the Empire Universities' Congress, 1912, and re-

ceived in 1919 a non-recurring grant from Government

for the purchase of premises, on condition that the

universities of the Empire provided funds for its

maintenance. The Bureau is recognised by the Vice-

Chancellors' Committee of British Universities.

The

Its

executive committee includes persons of such education-

al reputation as Sir Henry Hadow. Lord Lugard is a

member representing Malta and Hong Kong universities

which contribute to the committee's fund.

Director, Sir Frank Heath, has an excellent reputation

amongst universities and other educational authorities

in this country, owing to his work in the Department

of Reports and Inquiries, Board of Education, and

more recently as Secretary of the Industrial Research

Council. He devotes a large amount of time to this

Bureau, and I understand that it is since he took

charge of it that it has become in such matters as

recruitment an important and influential body.

Sir Frank Heath told Mr.Wood that the

Bureau has already done a good deal of recruitment

work for universities in the Dominions, and more

particularly in India. The Bureau keeps in touch

with universities' appointments boards and also does

a good deal in private correspondence and interviews